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7.06pm GMT
Wolves make one change to the XI that started the 0-0 draw at Aston Villa. Willy Boly takes the place of Leander Dendoncker.
Liverpool meanwhile looked a little bit more like their old selves in beating RB Leipzig last week. As a result, they name the same starting XI.
7.02pm GMT
Wolverhampton Wanderers: Rui Patricio, Boly, Coady, Saiss, Nelson Semedo, Neves, Joao Moutinho, Jonny, Pedro Neto, Traore, Willian Jose.
Subs: Hoever, Silva, Gibbs-White, Vitinha, Ruddy, Dendoncker, Kilman, Marques.
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Phillips, Kabak, Robertson, Thiago, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Salah, Jota, Mane.
Subs: Milner, Keita, Adrian, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Tsimikas, Shaqiri, Rhys Williams, Neco Williams.
3.09pm GMT
This is a fixture that has twice secured a league championship for Liverpool. Albert Stubbins brushed Stan Cullis aside to score the winner in the final fixture of the 1946-47 season, as Liverpool pipped Wolves, Manchester United and Stoke City to the title. Then in 1975-76, Bob Paisley’s team left it late at Molineux, but three goals in the last 14 minutes secured a 3-1 victory that saw off QPR in the race for the old First Division.
There’s not quite so much riding on their visit to Molineux this evening. Having lost six of their last seven games, the best Liverpool can hope for this year is to scrape a top-four finish. Even that looks a tall order, although defeats for West Ham and Everton, plus Chelsea’s draw at Leeds, manes they could make up a bit of ground in the chase if they win tonight. Their recent record against Wolves suggests that’s far from a pipe dream: they’ve won their last eight league matches against Wanderers in a row, and their 4-0 annihilation of Nuno Espirito Santo’s side at Anfield was arguably their best performance this season.
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